Key facts
*  Currency: the €uro, adopted from January 2009.
*  GDP per capita: $33,100 (2017 est)
*  Unemployment rate: 7.4% (Sept 2020)
*  Inflation: 1.4% (Sept 2020)
*  Natural resources: brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; arable land 29%. Historically gold, silver and salt were significant.

Industries and exports
*  Metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity, gas, coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals and man-made fibres; machinery; paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products.
*  Exports:  vehicles, machinery and electrical equipment, base metals, chemicals and minerals 
*  Leading export markets: Germany 20.7%, Czech Republic 11.6%, Poland 7.7%, France 6.3% (2017 data).